The Lin family in Bianjing was born in four generations and three masters, and their disciples were all over the world. The current head of the family, Lin Zenan, was the teacher of Emperor Zhezong when he was secretly living. After Zhezong ascended the throne, he was given the title of the Three Divisions of the Mansion and the Young Master, and now he is the right chief of the Privy Council.

Five years ago, Emperor Zhezong worked hard to achieve strength and sent troops to Xixia, achieving great victory, forcing Xixia to seek peace, and the status of the Great Song Dynasty military officer was improved.

At that time, the left prime minister Su Song was dismissed and exiled by Zhezong because he opposed the war with Xixia. Lin Zenan and Zhang Dun competed for the position of left prime minister. Yang Ping, the son of the Yang family, unfortunately died in the battle of Xixia. Emperor Zhezong believed in the loyalty of the Yang family for generations. Yang Zaihui lost his son in his old age, so he gave the Yang family extra favor and ordered the woman who was in the boudoir of the capital to choose one of the women who were in the boudoir of the Yang family, Yang Fan. Lin Zenan saw the opportunity and happened to have his eldest daughter Lin Lingxi who was in the boudoir of the name of the boudoir, and he had both talent and beauty, and had a lot of personal relationship with Yang Zaihui, so the two decided to make this marriage.

Lin Zenan wanted to use Zhezong's favor to the Yang family to add points to himself in order to compete for the position of left prime minister. However, the heavens were not as good as others wished. Yang Fan, the legitimate grandson of the Yang family, was weak since childhood and did not practice martial arts, so it was difficult for him to inherit the ambitions of the Yang family's military generals from generation to generation. He lingered in the fireworks all day long. The same woman made a lifelong decision and even eloped on the wedding day.

This time, Lin Zenan's life was taken away. Not only did he lose face, Zhezong was furious and ordered to arrest Yang Fan. Both Yang Lin's family were implicated. Yang Zaihui was punished to stay at home for three years. Although Lin Zenan was innocent, he could not escape and was also punished to stay at home for three years. Fortunately, Lin Zenan was once the teacher of Zhezong, and eventually he was fined for only one year before he was restored to his official position. However, Zhang Dun obtained the position of Left Prime Minister, which made Lin Zenan very angry.

Later, when he learned that Yang Fan fled to Jingde Temple in Hangzhou and was killed and died, Lin Zenan was relieved. However, his eldest daughter Lin Lingxi was depressed since then and once wanted to become a monk. Fortunately, his family persuaded him to give up becoming a monk, but he ate vegetarian food and chanted Buddha all day long at home, which was no different from becoming a monk.

Lin Zenan and his family were very angry whenever they thought of this, and blamed the Yang family for everything, and their relationship with the Yang family took a sharp turn.

On the same day, Lin Zenan was about to return home when he suddenly heard several officials whispering.

"I heard that Yang Zaihui's legitimate grandson is back!"

"Who? Yang Zaihui's son died in battle. His only legitimate grandson also ran away from marriage and fell off a cliff and died in Hangzhou five years ago. Where did he get his legitimate grandson?"

"It's the one named Yang Fan! Someone saw that he was still alive and returned to the capital. He heard that he was working under Prince Duan!"

"Yang Fan dares to come back? He resisted the order and ran away from marriage. I heard that he had elopement with a prostitute!"

"You don't know, I heard that Yang Fan ran away from marriage because he disliked his fiancée for being too ugly!"

Several officials deliberately chose Lin Zenan to mention Yang Fan's incident when they passed by, and deliberately amplified their voices for fear that Lin Zenan would not hear them.

Sure enough, when Lin Zenan heard the word Yang Fan, he stopped and listened. The officials deliberately said something ugly and belittled Lin Zenan's daughter, which made Lin Zenan's nameless aroused.

Lin Zenan originally wanted to scold those officials, but he was very proud of his face. In ancient times, men were superior to women, and men elope with a prostitute, and public opinion was more about accusing the woman of incompetence. This matter was very embarrassing, and Lin Zenan was unwilling to mention it again, so that others could expose his shortcomings.

But he was furious and hurriedly left in the sedan chair.

Several officials stopped talking and looked at Lin Zenan's leaving sedan chair, showing a smile of a successful plan.

When he returned to Lin's mansion, Lin Zenan immediately called the housekeeper and ordered him to send someone to find Yang Fan.

The housekeeper was not surprised and said, "Sir, the second lady has taken someone to look for him!"

Lin Zenan was surprised and asked, "How did Lingyu know?"

The housekeeper replied: "Miss Second Miss met Dong Kuang yesterday, and Dong Kuang said he met his son-in-law on the street. The second Miss was anxious and immediately dispersed the servants to find someone!"

"Call me, a bad son-in-law?" Lin Zenan immediately said angrily: "You must catch the bastard of the Yang Mansion before the Yang Mansion, and see if I won't pull his skin!"

The housekeeper said: "Sir, this is probably not good!"

Lin Zenan was angry and shouted, "What are you afraid of! Yang Fan's bastard not only made me lose my position as the left prime minister, but also made me look disgraceful. The girl Lingxi was sad and almost became a nun. She originally thought that he could not calculate the amount of money when he died. Now that he is still alive, he has to do it well! You can do it as you do. If there is not enough manpower, just take my token to Kaifeng Prefecture and mobilize the personnel in the police station. Even if you turn Kyoto upside down, you will still pull him out!"

As he said that, Lin Zenan took a token from his waist. It was the token of the Privy Council. Not to mention the police station, even the imperial guards could be mobilized.

The housekeeper knew Lin Zenan's temper and stopped talking, and took the token and went down to do business.

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The Office of the Duan Prince’s Mansion.

Yang Fan was discussing with King Duan Zhao Ji, but he didn't know that many forces outside had targeted him.

The Empress Dowager is about to celebrate her 70th birthday, and all civil and military officials are preparing for the birthday ceremony. Zhao Ji is naturally no exception. Especially if he wants to become the prince who is the most filial to the Empress Dowager, he must prepare better than others and must win the favor of the Empress Dowager.

As it was related to the future throne, Zhao Ji naturally did not dare to underestimate it and hurriedly consulted with Yang Fan's mansion.

Yang Fan first listened to the gifts given by civil and military officials on the past birthdays of the empress dowager, and asked who gave the gifts that the empress dowager liked the most, thus judging the empress dowager's preferences and dislikes.

Yang Fan analyzed: "The Empress Dowager does not lack gold, silver and jewelry, nor does she lack food and clothing. If you give these to the Empress Dowager, you will probably be a little more vulgar and cannot arouse the Queen Mother's interest, so you will not be happy!"

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "You are right at all, but I really can't think of what the Empress Dowager is missing, so it's hard to make a judgment!"

Yang Fan smiled and said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. Wait until Yang Fanda makes a divination and ask God's will!"

Zhao Ji was a little surprised. He saw that Yang Fan was too young and could even divine, which was a bit unbelievable. However, it was an extraordinary period. He thought that Yang Fan was really capable, so he looked happy and hurriedly said, "Prince Yang, please make a fortune!"

Yang Fan laughed in his heart. He suddenly understood a truth recently. Ancient people were particularly superstitious and pretending to be a charlatan has a great future. Especially when they met a great customer, Zhao Ji was the future emperor. If Zhao Ji could make Zhao Ji believe that Yang Fan had some Taoist skills, could write magic, and be knowledgeable about the will of heaven, then he would have a prosperous career in the future, wealth and glory, and a bright future.

This is Yang Fan's little abacus, so recently he visited the big temples in the capital, and had in-depth exchanges with some fortune tellers. After spending some money, he got a set of Song-style fortune telling techniques. Combined with his own modern scientific knowledge and an accurate grasp of the direction of major historical events, it is still no problem to fool Zhao Ji.

When he said that, Yang Fan immediately sat cross-legged, rested his hands on his knees, hugged Shou Yuanyi, muttering incomprehensible spells in his mouth, closed his eyes and focused his mind, and his charlatan was full of posture and pretending to be very similar.

Zhao Ji would rather believe that he had something than he had nothing. He was so arrogant that he dared not speak out. He looked at Yang Fan carefully, his eyebrows were sometimes tight and sometimes loose.

After a long time, Yang Fan felt that he had been pretending to be almost done, so he opened his eyes, got up and sat down again, slowly picked up the tea bowl and took a few sips.

Zhao Ji couldn't help asking, "What did Priest Yang ask?"

Yang Fan sang Zhao Ji's appetite and suddenly said, "I just called the divination to ask the heavens and saw the will of heaven. The Queen Mother's life is over. Now, the emperor will follow him one year after his death!"

Zhao Ji was surprised again. Yang Fan said that Emperor Zhezong would die before the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and now he said that the Empress Dowager would also die a year later. If anyone else was scared to death, he would not dare to say this. But Yang Fan dared to say this, either he was really capable or he was crazy.

Zhao Ji naturally hoped that Yang Fan was really capable, so he quickly calmed down and asked, "What should I do if I do?"

Yang Fan continued: "The secrets of heaven cannot be revealed, otherwise my life will be damaged, but for the sake of the prince's great cause, it doesn't matter if it loses a few years of life!"

Zhao Ji was very moved and said, "Prince Yang's kindness to me, I swear that if I can ascend the throne, I will not treat Priest Yang unfairly!"

"Thank you, Prince!" Yang Fan thanked him slightly. He said this on purpose, with the purpose of constantly instilling something in Zhao Ji, that is, if he can ascend the throne, Yang Fan will make a great contribution and remind him to repay kindness.

Yang Fan continued: "The Empress Dowager will soon be in the world. It is said that she knows the destiny at fifty, and is obedient at sixty, and does whatever she wants at seventy without breaking the rules. The Empress Dowager must know her physical condition, so the happiest thing she is to have children to enjoy! "

Zhao Ji said half-knowingly: "How can I explain this?"

Yang Fan explained: "The Empress Dowager has no children, and all the princes are born in vain. This is her heart disease. As long as the prince treats the Empress Dowager as his biological mother, the Empress Dowager will definitely be happy from the bottom of her heart!"

Zhao Ji nodded and said, "I can do this, but what should the Empress Dowager give me?"

Yang Fan smiled slightly and said, "The prince regards the queen mother as his biological mother. No matter what gift you give, she will be happy! The queen mother is Buddhist. I suggest that the prince personally go to Daxiangguo Temple on the day of the empress dowager's birthday, and asks the empress dowager to come forward with a retreat monk named Master Le Chen to ask for a mother-son heart sign back. The empress dowager will definitely be moved. As the prince is the parent-child, the prince will be pleased. In the decision to be the crown prince, the empress dowager will definitely be favored by the prince."
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